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Becket vs Becker - What's the difference?

becket | becker |

As nouns the difference between becket and becker

is that becket is (nautical) a short piece of rope spliced to form a circle while becker is a european fish, pagrus pagrus ; the sea bream or braise.

becket

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
  • (nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other endUS FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999 . Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
  • (nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
  • An eye in the end of a rope.
  • A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets ) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
  • (UK, dialect) A spade for digging turf.
    • (Wright)
    File:Tent_Becket.JPG, Diagram showing beckets used to join tent panels together.

    References

    becker

    Translingual

    Proper noun

    (mul-proper noun)
  • A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist (1769-1833).

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    * Author query of the International Plant Names Index ----